Transactions: Volume 119, Issue 4, April 2025
Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (TRSTMH) was founded in 1908 and offers a respected voice for clinicians, health-related scientists, development organisations and students.
The April 2025 issue of Transactions includes a Special Issue on 'Addressing the snakebite challenge - progress towards the 2030 roadmap'. Of the (around) 4000 known snake species, 700 are venomous and about 290 are considered medically important. Worldwide, 6.85 billion people live within the range of areas inhabited by snakes, and for 146.7 million of them, access to quality healthcare is challenging.
In this Special Issue, we present a range of articles from across the world and in particular from regions with the highest burden of snakebite. These articles incorporate a variety of study designs and span the translational pathway from basic science (T0) through translation to humans (T1), patients (T2), practice (T3) and community (T4). We are a proud of the diverse range of perspectives that we have included in this collection – both in terms of subject and geography - and are especially pleased to see the work of previous RSTMH Early Career Grant Awardees showcased within it.
Review Articles
Snail vectors of Schistosoma mansoni in Alagoas, Northeast Brazil: spatial distribution in the hydrographic grid of the state. Maria Wilma da Silva Lima, Glória Isabel Lisboa da Silva, Laryssa Oliveira Silva, João Paulo Vieira Machado, Pedro Dantas Lima, Rosália Elen Santos Ramos, Leticia Pereira Bezerra, Israel Gomes de Amorim Santos Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Volume 119, Issue 4, April 2025, Pages 331–337, https://doi.org/10.1093/trstmh/trae117
History of scrub typhus in Indonesia. Kartika Saraswati, J Kevin Baird, Stuart D Blacksell, Marlous L Grijsen, Nicholas P J Day Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Volume 119, Issue 4, April 2025, Pages 338–345, https://doi.org/10.1093/trstmh/traf017
Original Articles
Micronutrient status and risk of Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection in Indonesian tuberculosis case contacts. Ayesha J Verrall, Lisa Houghton, Lika Apriani, Harold E Atmaja, Arjan van Laarhoven, James E Ussher, Rovina Ruslami, Katrina Sharples, Susan McAllister, Reinout van Crevel, Philip C Hill, Bachti Alisjahbana Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Volume 119, Issue 4, April 2025, Pages 346–353, https://doi.org/10.1093/trstmh/trae140
Knowledge, attitudes and practices of the general population towards Marburg virus disease in subSaharan African countries: a cross-sectional study. Mohamed Fakhry Hussein, Assem Gebreal, Marina Saleeb, Eyerusalem Amossa Tessema, Debra Okeh, Gori Gaitano, Marc Nathanson, Nthabiseng Tsoeu, Eshun Gilbert, Khadija Swalehe Ally, Ahmed Elsayed said Noureldin, Mai Hussein, Ramy Mohamed Ghazy Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Volume 119, Issue 4, April 2025, Pages 354–366, https://doi.org/10.1093/trstmh/trae122
Investigating outcomes of female genital schistosomiasis in communities in Ogun State, Nigeria: a pilot crosssectional study. Vincent P Gyang, Hameedat O Abdulssalam, Aminat O Ahmed, Oluwatomilola V Tokun, Timothy N Ejike, Joseph Jonathan, Adedotun A Bayegun, Taiwo O Adubi, Maryam N Patrobas, Jacob B Ajayi, Pheabian O Akinwale Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Volume 119, Issue 4, April 2025, Pages 367–374, https://doi.org/10.1093/trstmh/traf006
Prognostic value of Chagas heart disease on short and long-term clinical outcomes in patients hospitalized for COVID-19. Bianca K Magalhães, Vinicius P S Silva, Maurício N Machado, Marcelo A Nakazone Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Volume 119, Issue 4, April 2025, Pages 375–383, https://doi.org/10.1093/trstmh/trae141
Spatiotemporal analysis of visceral leishmaniasis in Belo Horizonte, Brazil: a historical perspective (1994–2018). Carla M D Lopes, Diogo T Cardoso, Juliana M T Bezerra, Giovanna R de Araújo, Mariângela Carneiro, Maria H F Morais, David S Barbosa Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Volume 119, Issue 4, April 2025, Pages 384–392, https://doi.org/10.1093/trstmh/trae143
Cutaneous leishmaniasis: a neglected clinical manifestation among the tribal population in Nilambur, Kerala, India. P A Fathima, Harish Kumar Shah, R S Aiswarya, P M Ajithlal, T V Shailaja, C Shubin, K J Reena, Prasanta Saini Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Volume 119, Issue 4, April 2025, Pages 393–395, https://doi.org/10.1093/trstmh/trae102
From the Archives
Addressing the snakebite challenge Special Issue - progress towards the 2030 roadmap
Editorial
Review Articles
Effects of heparin on venom-induced consumption coagulopathy: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials Yu-Ning Huang, Wei-Chuan Chang, Yun-Kuan Lin Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Volume 119, Issue 4, April 2025, Pages 407–417, https://doi.org/10.1093/trstmh/trae103
Original Articles
Profile of snakebite cases admitted to the Poison Control Center of Bach Mai Hospital in northern Vietnam from 2008 to 2020 Thuan Q Le, Linh T H Le, Hoang H Nguyen, Hung T Ha, Nguyen T Nguyen, Truong Q Nguyen, Thomas Ziegler, Tung T Do, Tao T Nguyen Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Volume 119, Issue 4, April 2025, Pages 432–442, https://doi.org/10.1093/trstmh/trae118
Snakebites, a neglected public health concern: an analysis of distribution, trends and incidence of snakebite cases reported to health facilities in the Volta Region of Ghana, 2018–2023 Samuel Adolf Bosoka, Joseph Yaw Jerela, Amatus Nambagyira, Emmanuel Yaw Bonsu, Felix Kwame Korang, Senanu Kwesi Djokoto, Chrysantus Kubio Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Volume 119, Issue 4, April 2025, Pages 443–452, https://doi.org/10.1093/trstmh/trae113